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Meandrastrea

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae

Taxonomy
Meandrastrea was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Berr-u K u Sepkoski's reference number: 848].

It was assigned to Montlivaltiinae by Wells (1956); to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Montlivaltiidae by Pandey et al. (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Meandrastrea d'Orbigny
1956Meandrastrea Wells
1957Comophyllastraea Alloiteau
1960Tarraconogyra Alloiteau
2002Comophyllastraea Sepkoski
2002Meandrastrea Sepkoski
2002Tarraconogyra Sepkoski
2007Meandrastraea Pandey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyMontlivaltiidaeDietrich 1926
subfamilyMontlivaltiinaeDietrich 1926
genusMeandrastread'Orbigny 1849

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Meandrastrea d'Orbigny 1849
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†Meandrastraea lamberti Batallier 1936
†Meandrastrea antiqua Reuss 1854
†Meandrastrea burolleti Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977
†Meandrastrea janenschi Dietrich 1926
†Meandrastrea portlandica Alloiteau 1960
†Meandrastrea rudis de Fromentel 1886
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Invalid names: Meandrastrea fungiformis Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 [synonym], Meandrastrea humilis Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 [synonym], Meandrastrea lobata Beauvais and M'Rabet 1977 [synonym]
†Meandrastrea wollheimi Felix 1891
Invalid names: Comophyllastraea Alloiteau 1957 [synonym], Tarraconogyra Alloiteau 1960 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationarysubo
Attached: yessubo
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: photosymbioticf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-05 11:59:19
Modified: 2008-02-05 13:59:19
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Campanian or 150.80000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic Complexastraeopsis portlandica (68783)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Czech Republic Complexastraeopsis portlandica (36533)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Tunisia M. lobata, M. humilis, M. burolleti, M. fungiformis (79219)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Austria Meandrastraea lamberti (192219) M. rudis, Meandrastraea lamberti (192209 192216 192222)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Spain Dimorphocoenia rudis (56708)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Mexico (Puebla) Comophyllastraea wollheimi (89865)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Iran M. sp. (234261)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Tanzania M. janenschi (85347)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Iran (Razavi-Chorasan) Meandrastraea corbariensis (83393 83416)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Czech Republic M. pseudomeandrina (34737 35165)
Turonian - Campanian93.9 - 72.1Georgia Mycetophyllia antiqua (91628)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Czech Republic M. pseudomeandrina (35110)
Santonian - Campanian86.3 - 72.1Greece Mycetophyllopsis antiqua (64293)
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian86.3 - 70.6Croatia Mycetophyllopsis antiqua (11410)